Charles Tottenham, 8th Marquess of Ely

The Most Honourable The Marquess of Ely
Coat of arms of the Marquess of Ely
Born	(1913-05-30)30 May 1913 Binsted, Hampshire, England
Died	1 February 2006(2006-02-01) (aged 92) Port Hope, Ontario, Canada
Spouses	Katherine Craig ​ ​ (m. 1938; died 1975)​ Elspeth Ann Hay ​ ​ (m. 1978; died 1996)​
Children	4, including Ann and John
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer 31 May 1969 (1969-05-31) – 11 November 1999 (1999-11-11)
Preceded by	The 7th Marquess of Ely
Succeeded by	Seat abolished

Charles John Tottenham, 8th Marquess of Ely (30 May 1913 – 1 February 2006) was an English-born peer. Born in Binsted, Tottenham emigrated to Canada to attend Queen's University at Kingston in the 1930s. First working as an assistant librarian and French teacher at the Royal Military College of Canada, he later got employed to teach languages at Trinity College School in 1937, and four years later was appointed the principal of its junior school, retiring in 1981. Tottenham died in 2006 in Port Hope, Ontario, and was succeeded by his son John as the 9th Marquess of Ely.